QUALITY IS NOT AN ACT: Good habits in Health Information
Presentation to HIQA seminar, 1 March 2017 by Dr Sarah Craig, HRB
Quality is not an act?
‘Quality is not an act, it is a habit’
Aristotle
Who are we? HRB NHIS – National Health Information Systems
25 Staff 5 Systems 3 Topic areas
Mental Health
Disability
Drugs and Alcohol
Collecting data from … 1963
HRB and HIQA Membership of
Advisory Groups
Submissions on health
information
Piloting of Self-Assessment
Tool
Advisory Group on Standards
HRB and HIQA
HIQA Remit
HRB
Let’s talk about data quality
Seven dimensions of data quality
Source : HIQA Data Quality Guide
Implementing data quality
Source : HIQA Data Quality Guide
Implementing data quality
Source : HIQA Data Quality Guide
Implementing data quality
Implementing data quality
Implementing data quality
Who’s looking at data quality
this week?
Implementing data quality
Source : HIQA Data Quality Guide
Implementing data quality
Implementing data quality
Source : HIQA Data Quality Guide
LINK
Implementing data quality
NDTRS
NPIRS
NASS
NDRDI
A single standardised database
Implementing data quality
Source : HIQA Data Quality Guide
Implementing data quality
Extract from LINK training material
Implementing data quality
Source : HIQA Data Quality Guide
Implementing data quality
LINK Real-time data checks
Implementing data quality
LINK Improved data accuracy
Implementing data quality
NDRDI
Drug-related Deaths Coroner
Coroner
HIPE
CSO
General Mortality Register
Data Quality Audits
Source : HIQA Data Quality Guide
Implementing data quality
Implementing data quality
Source : HIQA Data Quality Guide
Implementing data quality
Implementing data quality
Implementing data quality
Implementing data quality
Data quality – why we do it?
Data quality – why we do it?
Research
• Better systems
• Controls and audits
Evidence
• Improved data quality
• Greater confidence
Action
• Influence decision-making
• Better outcomes
Data quality – why we do it?
Thank you. Questions?